The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-09-23
THE ANARCHISTS.
Their Doom Finally Sealed by the
Supreme Court.
The Decision of the Lower Court Affirmed
and They Must Pay the Penalty of
Their Crime on Friday,
November IL.
EXTRA GuARps AT THE IAII.


they filed into court Judge AcGruder, in
particular, was as white as a sheet and
trembling visibly. The court room was
crowded As soon as the crier formally
opened the court Chief Justice Sheldon
opened his docket in low and impressive
tone and announced the advisement of case
No SO.
Instantly there was a buzz, followed by
/ death-llke silence Justice Magruder
still keeping his seat, said but few words.
| They were in the form: 'gThe decision of
the court below is affirmed as to all the de-
/ fendants.r Then there was another buzz
followed by the rush OF correspondents to
the doors.
When silence was restored, Justice
Mulkey made few remarks saying, while
not wanting to go on record as agreeing
/ with all the court had said in the record,
| he thought. it remarkable in so large a
| document that there were so few errors
and what errors there were did not affect
the case in any vital point. Chief Justice
Sheldon then announced the day of execu-
! ton as Friday, November IL, and the bulky
| opinion was handed down to the clerk
The opinion of the court sustains every
point which was argued by the prosecution.
/ 1t is document of between 10000 and So
/ GOO words. Judge Wagruder was the author
! The date of execution was not decided up
/ on until just before the assembling of
the court. Tuesday night the document was
| finally discussed and approved but some
| OF the judges were favorable for extending
the date of the execution until January
| The majority held that, in view of the long
! period which had elapsed since the crime
was committed, justice demanded that the
law should be enforced without any more
delay than necessary to prepare the souls
| of the prisoners for the final event. This
reasoning prevailed
It was preternaturally solemn moment
In the court, and all the judges were af-
| fected with the solemnity of the proceed
| ings Within few minutes all except
Sheldon had left the bench, and had not
reappeared up TO adjournment for dinner.
Whether McGruder, the Chicago member
of the court was selected by lot or rotation
| to write the opinion is not known. The
duty generally falls to the justices by rota-
ton, but it is believed that this course was
not followed in the present, but that Nc
Gruder was selected because Of his con-
nection with the district where the crime
was committed.
.
s'It is not my intention to offer separate
opinion, as I should have done desire to
avail myself of this occasion to say that
while concur in the conclusions reached,
and also in general views entered in opinion
filed, do not wish to be understood as
holding that the record is free from error,
/ for | do not think it is I am,
nevertheless, of the opinion that none of
the errors complained of are of such seri-
| Gus character as to require a reversal of
| Judgment. In view of the number of de-
| PENDANTS on trial, the great length of time
/ consumed in trial, the vast amount of testi-
mony offered and passed upon by the court,
| and the almost numberless rulings the
| court was required to make, the wonder
/ ment to me is that errors were not more
numerous and of more serious character.
SIN short, after having fully examined
the records, and given tn questions arising
on it my very best thought, with an earnest
and conscientious effort to do my whole
duty, am fully satisfied that the opinion
/ reached vindicates the law, and does COM
| plete justice between the people and the
defendants, fully warranted by the law
and the evidence
/ Chief Justice Sheldon made the following
announcements: SIN this case the court
/ orders that the sentence of the Criminal
| CourS of Cook County-on the defendants in
the Indictment of August Spies, Michael
Schwab, Samuel Fielden, Albert r. Par
sons, Adolph Fischer, George Engel and
| Louis Lingg be carried into effect by the
sheriff OF Cook County on Friday, Novem-
Der II, next, between the hours of ten
o'clock in the forenoon and four O'clock in
the afternoon of that day."
| CHICAGO, Sept. ia reporter was Capt
ain Blacks first informant of the adverse
| decision of the Supreme Court During
the first few0moments occupied in giving
| the Anarchists senior counsel the dreaded
information, his face was study. His
jaw dropped down, the right hand went up
to his forehead with lightning jerk, and
the captain gasped:
SIS it possible2 Seven men to hang!
Well the surprise is great, but the disap-
| polntment is far greater. The only remain
ing course for US to pursue is by taking the
| case to the United States Supreme Court.
1t shall Immediately go before the Supreme
| Court at Ottawa and ask for reasonable
time to secure certified transcript of the
record for presentation to the Supreme
Court at Washington. Such proceedings
are rare, but I haven't any doubt of the
courts decision on that pointn and Captain
Black arose and paced the floor with long
strides, refusing to speak further,
A man whose source of information are
second to none, but who insisted that his
name should not be used said that the
| friends of the condemned Anarchists are
confident OF getting the case before the
United States Supreme Court.
Con what specific ground will the SUPER
/ sedas be asked?'
'sThat the constitution was violatedin the
unreasonable search for evidence. VI nv,
| the safe in the Ar6eiter Zeitung office was
broken open and letters, books and all sorts
of papers taken away. Then private houses
were searched and private property taken
/ away in a most reckless manner Such
things would scarcely be permitted in Rus
STA, and the Supreme Court must take cog
nizance of the repres entations we'll sup
| ported by proof furnished by the prosecu-
! ton itself.n
''Who will be applied to, which Justicep'
was asked.
1.-THE attorneys in the case may know
that but doubt if they have decided. If
they have, no one will know until the SUI
| persedeas is issued. 1855 1854
| THE CONDEMNED MEN.
| CHICAGO. Sept. ia Western Union
messenger boy came to the Jail at 1890
with message from Carl Axwanst, editor
| of the Ottawa Herald, for August Spies,
| with instructions to deliver the message
| personally to the condemned Anarchist. or
| return with it unopened. Jailer Folz
| guessed the nature of the telegram, and
/ calling one of his officers told him to take
| the messenger up stairs and watch the de-
| livery of the dispatch. Spies took the mes
| sage through the bars, opened it nervously,
read it hastily, sighed. and then told the
| boy there was no answer. A feeling of
dreadful suspense was meanwhile passing
| through the minds of Spies companions,
for they had seen the messenger boy deliy-
| er telegram to Spies, and knew well its
| purport, though they knew not the MOURN
full news it cont6ned. Soon the messenger
and the jail official had gone, aud instantly,
almost as one voice, each Of the other con-
| demned men inquired: .sWhat is it Spiesp
Sentence sustained,'' was the brief and
expressive answer given, and instantly the
last faint spark of Hope that long has been
| glimmering in the bosoms of the Anareh-
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